The Rhymes of Sym (C J Dennis Poems)
Nobody knew why it should be so;Nobody knew or wanted to know. It might have been checked had but someone ...
C J Dennis Poems on Fame (27 Poems)
The Seer (C J Dennis Poems)
Somewhere or other, 'tis doubtful where,In the archives of Gosh is a volume rare, A precious old classic that nobody ...
Emily Ann (C J Dennis Poems)
Government muddles, departments dazed,Fear and confusion wherever he gazed; Order insulted, authority spurned, Dread and distraction wherever he turned -Oh, ...
The Martyred Democrat (C J Dennis Poems)
(Begin breezily):In Lady Lusher's drawing-room, where float the strains of ...
Wheat (C J Dennis Poems)
Sowin' things an' growin' things, an' watchin' of 'em grow;That's the game, my father said, an' father ought to know."Settin' ...
The Mendicants (C J Dennis Poems)
Charity, Charity - parson and priest Ever in church and in chapel have taught -"Give ye in charity e'en to ...
Spike Wegg (C J Dennis Poems)
Me photer's in the papers! 'Oly wars! A 'ero, I've been called in big, black type. I 'ad ...
A Ballad for Elderly Kids (C J Dennis Poems)
Now this is the ballad of Jeremy Jones, And likewise of Bobadil Brown,Of the Snooks and the Snaggers and Macs ...
A New Damon And Pythias (C J Dennis Poems)
CHARLES: So, brother, I am out and yu are in. Farewell, farewell, to all my splendor bright! Yet, ...
The Corpse That Won’t Lie Still (C J Dennis Poems)
Aye, call it murder is ye will! 'Tis not the crime I fear.If his cold curse would but lie still ...
A Square Deal (C J Dennis Poems)
Dreamin'? I sez to Digger Smith. "Buck up, ole sport, an' smile.Ain't there enough uv joy to-dayTo drive the bogey ...
Cheek (C J Dennis Poems)
When PHARAOH chased the chosen Jew, and perished in the sea,Things seemed to hint at failure in the PHARAOH policy.For ...
Aha! Beware (C J Dennis Poems)
Aha! Beware! I know your guilty past! I was a witness of that secret crime.One word! and all your fondest ...
The Cab Horses’ Story (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, you wouldn't imagine, to look at me, That I was a racehorse once.I have done my mile in - ...
The High Priest (C J Dennis Poems)
Nay, why do foolish politicians strive To win a fleeting popularity?In vain, in vain, they jealously contrive To turn the ...
Anzac Square: What The Digger Said (C J Dennis Poems)
Said the Digger: "Soon forgot! Soon forgot, the deeds of war. Better so, may be. . . Why not? Beauty ...
The Shrine (C J Dennis Poems)
For them we have builded a temple To stand as a visible sign.For them we have builded a temple, ...
The Mystic (C J Dennis Poems)
An "Ode to the Moon" did he indite With his two-and-half soul-power.('Twas the child of a starlit summer night, Begot ...
Old Town Types No. 5 – Mr Mead The Printer (C J Dennis Poems)
Mr Mead, the printer -- so the townsfolk called him; But never in his presence since his reign began;Such a ...
Old Town Types No. 4 – Our Mr. Trim (C J Dennis Poems)
Mr Trim, commercial traveller, is in town again, "Our Mr Trim," you know, debonair and neat;Landed here this morning on ...
Definitions (C J Dennis Poems)
We have heard it. Oft we heard it long before we came of age.In whatever fields we practise, art whatever ...
Obadiah Bell (C J Dennis Poems)
I am fit and I am well (so said Obadiah Bell.) I take life as it come from day to ...
Lilydale (C J Dennis Poems)
Three hills lead on to Lilydale, Where runs the White Horse Road.Three slopes dip down into the vale --The placid ...
‘Ned’ (C J Dennis Poems)
When Ned was a neophyte nobody heeded him. No man could prophesy, none could foretellHow, when the day came that ...
Country Doctors (C J Dennis Poems)
The quiet country doctors Of many a country town,Whose lives are spent to service bent, With scant hope of renown ...
The Dinkum Aussie Block (C J Dennis Poems)
What have we missed? Now he returns no moreWe are left with but our blindness to deplore,But, concentrating on his ...
The Drama (C J Dennis Poems)
Ah, well, the thing that lived lives on, And who are we to say it nay?When Vandal and when Goth ...